Arranging the music of one song...

The Wingless gives us our first XBOX ReMix. I've expressed in the past that I will probably end up buying this system, with the DoA Volleyball game being a major catalyst . . . for the gameplay, of course :) But games like Morrowind, which have a more mature, "adult" feel than traditional console RPGs, as well as Orta and Halo don't hurt, either. The Wingless says: "I hated the fact that such a large game has the same damn tracks looping ad nauseum, and none of it is context sensitive. So I tried to spice
things up a bit, cause it's a catchy little ditty. Here's my little ode to island at the edge of the world." - with what sounds like an alto flute covering melody, along with acoustic guitar and mucho ambient pads and effects, this is very atmospheric but also melodic as well. Piano plays a bigger role later in the piece, after a couple breaks, and the tone switches from epic to more melancholy, exiting on ambient wind / town effects that are quite well done. At 3'35" there's some nastiness with chords that's not too pleasant and does disrupt the otherwise smooth flow. The sounds used are fantastic, however, and are used in exposed contexts with skill. The first bits of the piece are extremely cinematic and transporting - though the arrangement varies a bit further on, the overall tone remains the same, so it's the initial phrases that held my interest the most. The musical ending - the last, Good, Bad & Ugly-style "ooh-ee-ooh", is a bit truncated. There's a few blemishes here and there, the mentioned chord weirdness being the most salient, that disrupt the feel, but The Wingless succeeds in creating a vibe that for most of the mix evokes a compelling world.

Discussion

Pretty dated at this point with pretty exposed stiff-sounding
samples; would love to hear Wingy give this one another go; he
could craft something that sounded smoother, because the
interpretation itself is strong.

I have to disagree with most people here, which hurts, because I
absolutely love the work of The Wingless, I adore Morrowind and
I'm positively fanatic about the source tune. I don't think it is
a fair assessment, but regardless, every time I listen to this I
am disappointed.

First of all, this is a superb sounding mix, as are all The
Wingless' mixes. However, Jeremy Soule's original is one of the
most equisite melodies composed in recent years for me, and I get
the feeling that it is trampled on here. The stop and start
mechanic detracts from where the theme seems to want to flow, and
the strength of the melody always seems just out reach;
frustratingly so. The source seems distant; recognisable but
obscured and twisted in an uncomfortable way. The arrangement
just doesn't sit right for me in ways where the other Morrowind
mixes, 'The Final Stage' and 'Fear Not', really excel.

I get that the focus of this mix is to be restrained and
complacent to the theme, and it does draw out the meditative
aspects of it quite nicely. But I hate to see things go to waste,
almost as much as a I hate trashing this otherwise fine mix.

I wish I wasn't so precious about the melody. But that's what
hundreds of hours of hearing it in-game will do to a person.

A few of the samples are starting to show their age, but this is
still pretty nice stuff. Sort of new age, sort of orchestral, a
nice flow, and a few cool surprises. I wish the piano had a
little more high end, and the guitar had a little more human
qualities, but the flute and choir are nice.

Rain sounds are a cool touch as well.

While this doesn't jump out at me as much as probably everyone
who's played the game, it's still good listening.

This is an awesome remix. Change over for the main instrument is
nice. I wish the original had done something similar. After a few
hours of play the 1 song + 1 battle music gets annoying. Though I
still managed to fall into the game's spell and waste days of my
life. I'm really surprised so many people havent played this
game. Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion were all cutting edge
ideas and graphics.

I agree, this is a beautiful tune and one of the only songs on
OCRemix that I downloaded and liked before hearing the original.
I'm playing through Morrowind now (I'm a bit behind on the PC
titles, but since I picked up a used Xbox last year, I'm getting
through them) alongside Twilight Princess and FFXII.

I disagree with the 3:35 comments about chords not working.
Personally I like the dissodance of that piece, and despite
listening to it over and over, can't actually see anything
technically wrong with that section.

i think this is one of the most beautiful remixes ive ever heard,
this is such a beatiful song, and so is the original, i play
piana, and i jsut went and figured it out on the piano, it sounds
really nice.

wow its awsome.. yea i love video game music.

hmm i cant seem to download it though, would someone please
message me or w/e and tell me whats wrong? cause i click on one
of the mirrors or whatever they are, and it brings me to a
website where a quicktime player comes up and plays the song,
theres not even anything else on the site..

I sort of disagree with the people saying it's a big improvement
over the original. IMHO this track was already a very beautiful
and atmospheric piece, so it's kind of hard to go wrong. Still a
great remix though.

i could say wow.. but thats not good enough truth. i loved this
song's original after the eighth or ninth time i heard it, i
guess it grew on me. this mix does alot to it that i like.
)))Thunder bridge!!((( got it on repeat now. fun yay.. end.

Absolutely beautiful. This song is so much more pleasing than the
original, which (looking back at it) is kind of boring and stiff.
Every second is peaceful and evokes feelings of adventure and
wonder. The thunder at 2'28 is a nice touch, and the music comes
back in flawlessly. At 3'10 after the short pause this gets
almost too gracefully perfect to stand! I just hope The Wingless will make more Morrowind
remixes... AWESOME work! Without question this is my favorite
remix on the site. Heck, it's my favorite remix PERIOD. I know
it's lame to give scores higher than the max, but I have to.
infinite/10

This is just what i was looking for. I have the PC version and i
often replace the soundtrack (they used mp3s so its easy to
overwrite what they had) I added this in so it plays ingame. This
was the perfect piece to round out my "morrowind mix" (PS i have
"highway to the danger zone" as my battle music, its awesome!)

If you are going to get this game, get the PC version. There are
so many mods that it takes at least double the normal time to
beat if you have a few of the better mods in there.

WEll...as a Morrowind addict, I'd have to say that not only does
this remix do justice to the original, it surpasses it. It
captures the 'feel' of the game so much better than does the
original one. Very beautiful, very haunting, almost

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